May 27, 2020 – Race, Politics, Justice

Methods of Jail Data Collection and Rapid Turnover

May 27, 2020 Pamela Oliver Jail

Pamela Oliver, PhD in collaboration with Eric Howland Local activist groups such as Madison’s MOSES are concerned about reducing the number of people in jail. As part of this effort, activists use technology to automate the collection of public data to monitor local authorities. Eric Howland has been collecting data

Dane County Jail Downsizing

May 27, 2020 Pamela Oliver Criminal justice, Jail, Wisconsin

Dane County Jail Downsizing: How was it accomplished and who was still in on May 9, 2020? Link to PDF version of this report Author: Pamela Oliver, analyzing data collected by Eric Howland. Data source: Scraping daily web reports of Dane County Jail. In custody status as of 6:30 a.m.